Origins of the Magdalene Laundries : An Analytical History

McCarthy, Rebecca Lea

McFarland & Co Inc（2010/02発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 269 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780786444465
• DDC分類 226.092

Full Description

The convents, asylums, and laundries that once comprised the Magdalene institutions are the subject of this work. Though originally half-way homes for prostitutes in the Middle Ages, these homes often became forced-labor institutions, particularly in Ireland. Examining the laundries within the context of a growing world capitalist economy, the work argues that the process of colonization, and of defining a national image, determined the nature and longevity of the Magdalene Laundries. This process developed differently in Ireland, where the last laundry closed in 1996. The book focuses on the devolution of the significance of Mary Magdalene as a metaphor for the organization: from an affluent, strong supporter of Jesus to a simple, fallen woman.

Contents

Table of Contents

Preface     

Introduction     

PART ONE: MARY MAGDALENE AND THE RISE OF MAGDALENISM

One—Mary Magdalene and the Mother Mary     

Two—The Rhetorical Framing of the Magdalene and Women in the Early Middle Ages     

Three—Medieval Prostitution, Regulation, and Repentance     

PART TWO: THE STATE, COLONIZATION, AND THE FEMALE AS CITIZEN

Four—Ancient Irish Law and Women's Status in Precolonial Ireland     

Five—The Colonization of Ireland and Her Women     

Six—The Rise of the Irish Magdalene Laundries     

Seven—The Rise of the English Magdalenes and the Magdalen-House     

Eight—The Twentieth Century Magdalene Laundries     

Chapter Notes     

Bibliography     

Index